7 March 2024
Matthew Walker
[FYI request #25679 email]
DOIA 2324-1687
Tēnā koe Matthew,
Thank you for your email of 9 February 2024 to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
requesting, under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following:
Specifically, I am interested in understanding the diversity of the applicant pool and would
appreciate if Immigration New Zealand could provide detailed information on the following
points for each submission month from January 2023 to January 2024:
1. The top five nationalities of principal applicants for the Parent Resident Visa.
2. The number of applications submitted by applicants from each of these top five nationalities
for each month.
3. The number of applications that are still in progress, by applicants from each of these top
five nationalities for each month.
Our Response
Question 1: please find the information requested in table 1 below.
Table 1: Top 5 nationalities of principal applicants for Parent Resident Visa applications submitted
between 1 January 2023 to 31 January 2024. Data is as at 20 February 2024.
Rank
Nationality
Total Submitted
1
China
1,457
2
India
514
3
Great Britain
203
4
Fiji
191
5
South Africa
142
Total
2,507
Question 2: please find the information requested in table 2 below.
Table 2: The number of Parent Resident Visa applications submitted by applicants from each of the
top five nationalities for each month between 1 January 2023 to 31 January 2024. Data is as at 20
February 2024.
Nationality
Month
Great
South
Total
China
Fiji
India
Britain
Africa
Jan-23
12
1
2
4
0
19
Feb-23
23
6
1
5
2
37
Mar-23
68
11
1
12
4
96
Apr-23
106
18
6
19
1
150
May-23
107
19
15
36
5
182
Jun-23
118
20
16
53
6
213
Jul-23
80
15
12
34
2
143
Aug-23
51
11
12
26
7
107
Sep-23
123
14
10
52
3
202
Oct-23
110
16
15
44
6
191
Nov-23
194
20
23
57
33
327
Dec-23
264
29
46
85
37
461
Jan-24
201
11
44
87
36
379
Total
1,457
191
203
514
142
2,507
Question 3: please find the information requested in table 3 below.
Table 3: The number of Parent Resident Visa applications that are still in progress from each of the
top five nationalities for each month between 1 January 2023 to 31 January 2024, broken down by
month submitted. Data is as at 20 February 2024.
Nationality
Month
Great
South
Total
China
Fiji
India
Britain
Africa
Feb-23
3
0
0
0
0
3
Mar-23
6
0
0
1
0
7
Apr-23
24
2
0
2
0
28
May-23
15
4
0
5
0
24
Jun-23
31
3
4
16
0
54
Jul-23
33
8
1
11
1
54
Aug-23
15
4
5
9
3
36
Sep-23
53
8
7
31
2
101
Oct-23
93
6
7
35
3
144
Nov-23
185
16
19
46
23
289
Dec-23
253
27
43
82
35
440
Jan-24
196
10
44
82
36
368
Total
907
88
130
320
103
1,548
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of the Ministry’s response to
your request, in accordance with section 28(3) of the Act. Information about how to make a complaint is
available a
t www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
If you wish to discuss any aspect of your request or this response, please conta
ct [email address]. Nāku noa, nā
Jock Gilray
Director Visa
Chief Operating Officer Branch
Immigration New Zealand
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment